Let's pray.

Father, I ask that you would grant me the same or at least some measure of the anointing

that Paul had when he said, I'd call to make the Word of God plain.

And I pray that this people would feel not only the affection that I have for them, but

that they would feel themselves in my affection loved by Christ.

And I pray that in this transaction, in these next few minutes, all of us would be made

more mature, more blameless, more holy, more ready to be presented like a bridegroom to

her or like a bride to her bridegroom at the last day.

So get us ready, I pray, and keep us faithful and use this message to that end.

I ask in Jesus' name, amen.

Master Kenny, last week, focused on 22 and 23, you're going to take your eyes up just

before the text for today, let me rehearse verse 22 with you.

Christ has reconciled us in his body of flesh by his death in order to present, underline

that Word, to present us holy and blameless and above approach before him.

So the aim in the death of Jesus is that we would be brought holy, blameless, and someday

be presented like a bride to the bridegroom before Jesus.

No condemnation in all purity, fullness of joy, pleasures for ever more.

And then, Pastor Kenny dealt very sensitively last week with what he called the condition

in verse 23.

In other words, this if clause in verse 23 means that there is a condition to be fulfilled

by us, if we are going to make it to that presentation, let's read that.

See there in 23 if, indeed, we continue in the faith, stable instead, fast, not shifting

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